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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re building a new house.
This series brings together all documents relating to BIS construction price and cost indices.
What you have to do under the Construction Industry Scheme if you're a contractor - registering, filing returns, paying subcontractors and keeping records.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
What subcontractors in the building industry must do under the Construction Industry Scheme - registering, record keeping, applying for gross payment status and reporting business changes
Guidance primarily for local responders covering some infrastructure issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of a UK emergency.
Find out if you can claim enhanced structures and buildings allowance relief on qualifying expenditure on structures and buildings in a UK Freeport or Investment Zone special tax site.
The sale of land is determined by the potential number of homes that a housing developer or registered provider can build on a given site.
How developers can create and enhance habitat on-site to deliver biodiversity net gain (BNG).
If you’re a public sector body or a housing association, you can use the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to procure housebuilders to build homes on your land.
This series brings together all documents relating to construction statistics.
Codes, best practice guides, standards and classifications that vessel owners, operators, designers and builders should refer to.
What happens when Rural Payments Agency field officers visit your holding, including checks on tagging, holding registers and movement records.
Find out if you need to carry out the sequential test as part of your flood risk assessment and how to complete one.
‘Sites and services’ is a housing solution scheme for the poor where a serviced plot of land is bought for the inhabitant to build on and invest in
How the Ministry of Defence estate is adapting to climate change, including nature conservation on the estate.
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